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I think I'll give this a try.

Gunthro and the Extermination Business
Gunthro and the Eradication Business
Gunthro and the Eighth's Business (not sure if this one has been said yet)

And for fun:

Gunthro and the Evil Businessman


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nobodybutyours wrote:
I'm going to go with "Gunthro and the Eighth Bureaucrat" now.

(or "Gunthro and the Eight Bureaucrats")
(or "Gunthro and the Eighth Builder")
(or "Gunthro and the Eighth's Builder")

...none of which sound very good yet. I'm also, of course, assuming this will be a casual time-management game. Live out your Bureaucratic fantasies from the comfort of your own home.

This will be a game at which middle managers can really shine.

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Whoa! We have a winner! I almost missed it in all of my excitement to read about bureaucracy.

Congratulations, TripleM! You are now on the blacklist of people who aren't allowed to order the game for yourself when it comes out.

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It really is "Gunthro and the Epic Blunder"? Or are you just pulling our collective legs?

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west.logan wrote:
It really is "Gunthro and the Epic Blunder"? Or are you just pulling our collective legs?

It really is.

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Woah, seriously? Awesome

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I keep looking at this, and thinking "They can't be serious." and then thinking "Awesome!". I seem to be stuck in a loop.

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Well, congratulations TFM.



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Schik wrote:

west.logan wrote:
It really is "Gunthro and the Epic Blunder"? Or are you just pulling our collective legs?

It really is.

Cool. Mayhaps we could see it on the main forum page? Instead of all those ellipses. Yes?

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Trickster wrote:

west.logan wrote:
Well, congratulations TFM.

When did MMM become TFMurphy?!

At least a couple of years ago

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Er yeah... that was an intentional inside joke...

...sorry...

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Lamkin wrote:
Cool. Mayhaps we could see it on the main forum page? Instead of all those ellipses. Yes?

Yes, "DROD 4: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder" makes the page look so much cooler.

Also, congratulations to TFMurphy TripleM.

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I'm going to take a wild stab and guess the Epic Blunder is that a certain game company waited five years between releases...

What does Gunthro have to do with Valve holding up HL2ep3? (it's only been four years so far, but since it's not on the near horizon, it'll probably be five or more before it comes)


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silver wrote:
What does Gunthro have to do with Valve holding up HL2ep3? (it's only been four years so far, but since it's not on the near horizon, it'll probably be five or more before it comes)

What does Valve have to do with a five year wait between Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 3?

It clearly says "Epic Blunder", not "Valve Blunder"...

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Don't know if someone has pointed this out, but... We have Beethro and now we have Gunthro; and by following MY logic, we have a Really (big) BEEg Sword... So, does Gunthro have a... rayGUN?!

Wanted to say something and release steam as creating a hold before Christmas is such a pain.

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Did you know that GUNTHRO BUDKIN anagrams to OBTRUDING HUNK?

And that EPIC BLUNDER anagrams to CREDIBLE PUN?

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Gunthro and the Epic Blunderbuss or How Gunthro Got His Name

Gunthro and Beethro at the Epicenter of All Blunders

Gunthro and Beethro and the Epicurean Blunder (kind of sounds like a Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle spinoff)

Wait. What do you mean the contest is over?
Well, never mind then.

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Trickster wrote:
Oddly enough, it turns out the entire phrase GUNTHRO BUDKIN AND THE EPIC BLUNDER anagrams to A GULLIBLE USER BETTER NOT CLICK HERE!

But more to the point, it anagrams to PLUNDER A DUNGEON, BID BUTCHER: "THINK!"

This is of course extraordinarily relevant, I'm sure.

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FROM THIS DAY ON, MY NAME IS GUNTHRO!

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So.... Many days a pass yet no percent increase!

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Is that 88% new?

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My theory is that the percent's change time would have a sinusoidal graph. Like this:

Warning: awful ascii art.

Le small wait
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 |     ..   ..             ..
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Le-%-.---86%--87%--88%--89%--90%
 |  .           .       .
 |..             ..   ..
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Le big wait

So, according to my undeniable genius'ness, reaching 89% is going to take much less time than 88% took, and 90% will be even faster, after which a grand decline in update speed shall, once again occur...
Given some very complex mathematical and physical formulas (the usual space-time-continuum stuff) I can calculate that new DROD will see the light of the day...

*calculates*

...on the 1st of the April.

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Trickster wrote:
My wuffy-sense tells me the percentage increase will get slower and slower as time goes by. People invariably underestimate the amount of time it takes to complete long tasks, and this is an inevitable result.

Agreed. FYI, the percentages on the progress bar are task-based, not time-based. Naturally, some of these tasks are larger than others.

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88.5, anybody?

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I don't know is there anything more exciting than waiting for newest DROD game. When I joined years ago, I wasn't that good in English nor did I understand much about DROD. In fact, I understood nothing about everything; living in my own little world, just being "the kid".
But I still feel the same when I was waiting for DROD RPG back then - I feel so excited for this game! Keep it on, Caravel folks! Insta-buy, that is for me.

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(Choose your preference for cause: my Warfare trait is clearly sub-Amber level, or I'm not at the top of my non-dog-tier Escheladder, or I am no Bride to the Haberdasher's Son.)

Lucky you, my creativity is totally Oberon level, but my procrastination excels even further.

So, I suppose your hold is going to be epic big. I am so not going to playtest it, but my inclination to play it, once released, is completely opposite, so get it done faster .

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Escher ladders? Aw, that means we'll never get the next game.

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Oh, so I just have to play it on someone else's computer. But if it won't get released until I do...

Don't worry, everyone, I got this.

*sneaks into the Caravel Building*

*hours later, is thrown out a window by armed thugs*

Sorry guys, that new tarstuff is brutal... I got stumped on TSS level 8...

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Ooh! 89%

What got finished?

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Trickster, both. I am not an native speaker and I was... wow, I was too young. Even my dang username is a proof of it. Oh, I am also working on a big hold. But I might want to wait, if they're going to add Screws in some point. (check Feature Requests)

Gives me plenty of time to think.
Also, Jatopian - never, ever, say that there'll be new tarstuff for us. I just hate that stuff!

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